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Vee Haacke

@veepoliticsonly.bsky.social
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Political account of Vee Haacke, writer. Lifelong Iowan. U of Iowa alum ‘08 DS. LGBTQIA+ 🌈 AuDHD Trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ are human rights Slava Ukrainii! Free Palestine! Manifesting cholesterol taking the Orange trash out.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 9h
Nice to see key Senate Dems introducing a bill to punish Trump for violating the prohibition on using government funds for propaganda. The bill would cut OMB's budget by $20M for each violation found by GAO. Soon to ride on an approps bill near you? www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 9h
Spotted in the DC Metro
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 9h
"no beardos, no weirdos"
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Shoshana Bee @shohanabee76.bsky.social · 14h
“What a democracy cannot—and should not—tolerate is a secretary of defense who trucks in propaganda and wants the people who serve in America’s military to be the armed instrument of his own resentments and biases.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 11h
I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 11h
Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 11h
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h
In announcing her decision, U.S. District Judge April Perry quoted both Spider-Man and the 7th Circuit. 7th Circuit: "The greater the power that defies the law, the less tolerant the court can be of defiance." Spider-Man: "With great power comes great responsibility."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11h
This is crazytown. Why are they taking our money to run illegal ads? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump buys ads on CNN, MS NOW as he fights to bar them from the White House
Taxpayer-funded ads denouncing the “deep state” and “globalists” aired locally on the two cable networks Trump has sought to ban from White House grounds.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 16h
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 16h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 19h
Pathetic and Insanity 😡 I've been there.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 14h
Lionesses keep the male lions in check out in the wild. I’d love to see women doing similar things here in society.
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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 13h
This KFF headline really gets directly to what's happening today
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US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims - KFF Health News
The Congressional Budget Office estimated 100,000 more immigrants will be uninsured by 2034 because of Medicaid eligibility changes under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that take effect ...
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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 13h
It’s just really annoying that now when people employ the trope of “you wouldn’t hit a man with glasses?” you have to respond with “what kind of glasses?” life was so much simpler in my day.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h
NEW: As diesel prices hit record highs, Georgia GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson admitted in court that the “America First Refining” oil refinery he co-owns with MAGA figures including Donald Trump Jr. is set to send its fuel to India, per AJC.
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 17h
AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h
Trump just amplified an article dismissing concerns over Black people found hanging as a “leftist race narrative” and accusing Democrats and civil rights activists of “race-baiting.”
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Trump Shares Article Calling Black Hanging Deaths a “Leftist Race Narrative”
President sends dismissive message regarding lynching investigations.
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Mabs A'Mabbin @mabsamabbin.bsky.social · 15h
“This is dumb, dumb, dumb beyond belief,” one former Trump campaign official told CNN in response to the ads the White House is now airing. “These guys are all gonna get subpoenaed. It’s gonna be bad." You had better believe it. 🔥
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19h
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Gov. Lee calls off executions for rest of 2026" www.tennessean.com/story/news/c... Ah, yeah, I think so, buddy. But, also, let's be clear how little this is: Bill Lee calls off ... one execution date.
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Gov. Lee calls off executions for rest of 2026
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is pausing all executions this year after Christa Pike survived two deadly doses of pentobarbital.
"Carrying out a lawfully imposed sentence is among the State's most serious responsibilities, and the people of Tennessee expect it to be done in a manner that is not only legal and constitutional, but is effective," Lee said in a statement Sept. 30.
Lee is calling for a "comprehensive, third-party review" of Pike's execution.
"Therefore, the remaining scheduled execution will not be carried out this year," Lee said.
Gary Wayne Sutton was scheduled for execution Dec. 3.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
alert the press -- Trump is conked out in the Oval Office again
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Bible actually does have something to say about this: Exodus 20:16: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Might as well light the Constitution on fire at this point.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 30/09/2026
While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should.
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PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes
While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Counterpoint: Bring me your fatties, your weirdos, your radicals yearning to breathe free.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Schmitt Kennedy hearing meme with Kennedy holding the Lemon, it's Wednesday meme on the sign
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Tompkins County DA says his office was never given the full transcript where the former Cornell student said, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped.” Cornell says it turned over its investigation. So what exactly was sent, and why was that statement apparently missing?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump starts to brag about renaming the Gulf of Mexico but then remembers he's speaking to a Hispanic Heritage Month event
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
💔 Rep. Ilhan Omar shares her story about have a miscarriage
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Tremendous Kielbasa @rsaltasaurus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is incomplete reprint designed to provoke. The bill had voter ID attached to it in order to get it killed, making it so Republicans could run this exact headline.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👀 🔥
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 30/09/2026
A federal judge ORDERED the Trump admin to privately show him the memo purporting to justify boat strikes that have killed 234 people in the Caribbean and Pacific. Judge Engelmayer rejected several rationales for withholding the memo from the public and will determine whether to release it.
The Court directs defendants to file the declaration(s), and to arrange for the Memo to be available for in camera review, within two weeks of this decision. See ACLU II, 2016 WL 889739, at *6 (ordering Government, within five days, to produce document at issue and “advise the court who has received [it] (including persons who received it from its original recipients) and for what purpose”); Elec. Frontier Found. v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 826 F. Supp. 2d 157, 172 (D.D.C. 2011) (directing agency to “provide further explanation regarding whether it shared with non-Executive Branch entities the responsive documents that it withheld from the plaintiff”). Defendants are authorized to make appropriate redactions in the declaration as publicly filed, while filing the unredacted declaration under seal. Upon review of these materials, the Court will determine whether to commission supplemental briefing.
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
new meme template
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Looks like Eric Schmitt has a new website--I guess to campaign to be JD's VP. senatorericschmitt.com
Schmitt
Schmitt: (verb) \ˈshmit\

1. A sudden and urgent gastrointestinal revolt in which the body issues an unmistakable, nonnegotiable evacuation order that causes a considerable mess and great humiliation.

2. To suffer a sudden, public, and spectacular political collapse, especially after overconfidently attempting a partisan attack.

3. To create such an avoidable mess that one’s credibility, message, and electoral prospects are left in tatters.

Example: “I ended up with that cyclosporiasis invection from tainted lettuce and I schmitted myself in the grocery store trying to buy some Pepto.”

Example: “During the hearing performance, he didn’t land a blow—he completely schmitted himself.”
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, responds just now to this leaked audio from Paxton: “I just have a one-word reaction: Whoops.”
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Jase 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇮🇪 @jasonboerema.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The law LITERALLY states that the AG cannot support one party over another. We have an AG that doesn’t know the laws or just doesn’t care if he breaks them.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesus Christ dude
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Btw if you read this and immediately thought “well not all men”… pause for a second. The men I trust are the ones who read what I just wrote and choose to listen, to empathize, to ask questions to better understand. They know they are not the men I am angry about and they don’t need say so.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stop telling women what to do. Stop telling us to do all of the work. Stop acting like you know more about our struggle than we do. Stand up for your fellow human being without any reward because that’s what we’re supposed to do. Ffs.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1 - You have got to be fucking kidding me. 2 - I’ll take it. A win’s a win.
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